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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1912
Page
2
A St Louis dealer told a convention that cold-storage helps stabilize egg prices by keeping them affordable in winter and avoid absolute unavailability in some areas. He warned that mismanagement by selfish operators can harm consumers, justifying remedial legislation to curb abuses while acknowledging the system’s overall leveling effect.
A man awoke to a curious dream as he read the Marquette Tribune. He described four rats advancing in order, the first fat and two lean follow, the last blind. His son interpreted the omen as a prophecy of calamity, identifying the fat rat with the liquor seller and the lean rats with the mother and the dreamer, the blind rat as the man himself.
A wealthy young Polish man in Vienna lives in opulent style and orders his servants by bugle call. He drives an omnibus as a hobby and spends a fortune on clothes yet wears nothing until his valet has used it. He attends a ball in white with a black shirt and tie and dines alone at a table d hote starting with dessert.
A western woman lecturer sues for divorce arguing extreme cruelty after her husband urged her to stay at home rather than lecture abroad on perfection of love. The piece notes women in Washington organize a campaign challenging male authority and predicts New York will resist similar demands.
A New York street car passenger cut off hatpin points that came near his eyes with pincers. The incident is cited to warn men to carry pincers as a precaution for hatpin dangers and eyesight safety.
A Wisconsin university study reports thirteen percent of college girls are flat-footed prompting calls for science to address this issue. A Hungarian doctor claims success transplanting living hair to bald heads offering a real benefactor to the human race by growing a wig where hair was absent.
A correspondent explains a red hot meteor that ripped through a house roof was cooled with water. He emphasizes the incident did not occur in Milwaukee.
Suggestions for stocking and planning meals include stock for soups and sauces, beans for multiple meals, easy meat dishes like beef loaf or baked ham, cookies and cakes for storage, versatile rice dishes, prunes and peaches for puddings, and keeping crusts ready for pies. A week menu and canned soups for hot weather aid in time of need. Orange Sponge Cake recipe with eggs water orange rind flour and baking powder ends with baking instructions.
A home bread method uses six potatoes simmered in water mashed and strained with four tablespoonfuls of flour and sugar and salt. Hop water steeped, then combined with a compressed yeast cake, water, and shortening to form dough ready in about two hours. Also includes Graham Bread and Brown Bread recipes with measured ingredients and baking directions.
A drowned house of labor and hunger yields a man’s awakening to harsh life. The plowman, weaver, and masons fail him with toil and neglect, yet he endures. He finally sees the sun and forges debt to men who fed and sheltered him, ending in a vow of strange affection.
Instructions for reviving cabbage crispness by soaking stems. A pea soup recipe uses dried split peas, water, milk, fat salt pork, butter, flour and seasonings. Tomato jelly combines tomato, onion, celery, bay leaf, cloves, pepper, mushrooms, vinegar with gelatin and water then strained and molded for garnish or salad.
When a company is expected to be declared and a dressmaking shop faces peak activity, preparing ahead helps reduce stress. The piece urges timely planning to share workload and smooth operations for staff and customers.
A brief quotation notes that L will not reveal himself to us, reflecting on secrecy and perception attributed to Emerson.
A guide outlines several methods to cook fish in a period kitchen. Boiled fish in court bouillon uses onions celery parsley and a vinegar brew. Fish hash combines cooked fish with milk and toast. baked fish with dressing features a seasoned breadcrumb mix and pork fat for roasting.
A hunter, after fresh snow near Siler City, found many rabbit tracks leading to brush piles. He used a seining net to corral rabbits from around four piles and collected more than he could carry after visiting fifteen piles.
A Cascade Pennsylvania pet woodchuck owned by Johnnie Hughes hunts mice and rats with the agility of a cat. Trained by a cat, the animal’s keen eye and scent aid it as it lurks at rat holes for about half an hour, delivering certain death to the rat on a dive.
A fashion column notes a shift from tailored collars and four in hand to finer neckwear. It describes the decline of bulky frills and the rise of jabots and refined parisian rabots. Simple plaits, hand embroidery, and minimal color accents mark the new trend among women of varied builds.
The current fashion favors an inch and a half wide black patent belt with a matching buckle or antique silver buckle. Plain belts remain popular, but some feature tiny white button trimmings and back pyramid clusters to elongate the silhouette. Narrow satin belts introduce color contrasts in pink blue and mauve folded into the belt.
A Harper's Bazar note describes fashion shifts toward wider skirts allowing petti coats to be worn by older women. Crepe de Chine replaces silk jersey as the best material, with models featuring crepe de Chine bodices, chiffon flounces, and satin bias bangs in a violet shade.
A coat described for a child uses a single sided rever with contrasting fabric. It features a light fawn cosmos mix, moire silk revers and collar, white satin edge, and white pearl buttons. Accompanied by a straw bonnet with pink roses, a white bow, white stockings, and buttoned boots.
A sash curtain may be linen and sheer. Japanese grass cloth or Bohemian line preferred. Eyelet embroidery with filet or Cluny insertion enhances the look. Sides and bottom edged with narrow lace or French hemming, bottom tassel trim.
A thrift minded ad urges skipping water for bluing and suggests using Red Cross Pall Blue as the best value. It promises a happy household with large packages available at your grocers.
A murder trial in England hinges on circumstantial evidence centered on a plain round black hat found near the crime. The defense emphasizes the hat's commonness and warns jurors against condemning a man for such trivial proof. The defendant is acquitted, then asks permission to retrieve his hat as he leaves the dock.
Women suffering from female illnesses are invited to contact the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for confidential guidance. Letters are read and answered by a woman, with assurances of privacy and consent. The ad promotes a free 80 page Text Book available by mail and urges women to seek assistance.
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